Automobile fender



Pi FEDOROW AND J. KORPAN.

' AUTOMOBILE FENDERv APPLICATION FILED APR. 6, 1922. 1,438,029.

2 SHEETSSHEET Patented Dec. 5,1922.

INVENTOR.

P. FEDOROW AND J. KORPAN.

AUTOMOBILE FENDER. APPLICATION FILED APR. 6, 1922.

Patented Dec. 5, 1922.

2 SHEETS-SHEET 2- INVEN Patented Dec. 5, 1922.

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AUTOMOBILE FENDER.

Application filed April 6, 1922. SeriaLNo. 550,018.,

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that 1, PETER FnnoRow, a citizen of Poland, residing at Chicago, county of Cook, and State of Illinois, and I, Jo-

sErH KoRrAN, a citizen of Poland, residing at Chicago, county ofCook, and State of Illinois, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Automobile Fenders, of which the following is a specification. The present invention relates to improvements in automobile fenders, and it is the principal object of the invention to provide a fender which, when not in useis conveniently folded and held against thefront part of a ear, and can be instantly operated to save a person in danger of beingrun over, from injury.

Another object of the invention is to provide a fender of novel design and construe tion capable of being quickly operated-from the emergency brake of a car or by hand to pick up persons in danger of being run over, supporting the same until the car comes to a full stop. 9

These objects are attained by the novel construction and combination ofparts hereinafter described and shown in the accompanying drawings, forming a material part of this disclosure, and in which:

Figure-1 is a front view of part of an automobile equipped with a fender constructed according to the present invention in its position of rest.

Figure 2 is a side view thereof.

Figu position in front view. I

Figure 4 is a side view of the device as shown in Figure 3.

Figure 5 is a fragmentary so the device.

Figure 6 is an edge view thereof seen from line 55 Figure 3.

Figure 7 is a detail view of the folding links and levers.

The device is secured to the front of an automobile in any suitable convenient manner, and comprises a frame composed of a pair of uprights 10 connected by a horizontal bar 11 having rectangularly bent side 50 arms 13. To the front faces of the uprights 10, guides 14 and 15 are attached for sliding bars 16 of T-section, the foot flanges of which slide in the guides. The bars 16 carry attached to their front faces a frame 17 11b front view of re 3 shows the device in operative I eluding a horizontal lower bar 18 of L- shaped cross section. To the under face of thls bar 18 are secured spaced brackets 19, in wh ch a horizontal bar 20 is supported, on which the kneeparts of brackets 21 are rotatably held,th e lower arms 22 of which are extended, forwardly and secured to the undersides of wooden strips 23. These arms form knees 24, and theirupper parts 25 are pivotally connected as indicated at26 to upper arms 27 secured by means of sleeves 28 to an upper uprights 10 and extended therethrough.

horizontal bar '29 resting in the The outer extremities of this bar 29 carry on the outside of uprights 10 secured thereto a horizontal link 30 to the outer free end of which thelower end of one arm of abell crank lever 31 is ivotally secured, arm 32 of which is pivoted at 33, to arm 31.

To the upper end of this, bell crank. lever, l

the shorter arm 3410f another. bell crank lever is pivotally secured, the longer arm 35 of which is pivoted "at its point of connection with the shorter arm secured to upright 10. vided in duplicate sets,

one at eachend o the fender. 1 1 y the other 1 to a bracket 36' These parts are pro To the outer endof l the arm 35 is piv- I otally connected one end of a link 37, the other end of which is secured to a bracket 38 attached to the underside of bar 18. To

theupper face of this bar 18 is secured by its lower end. a vert1cal upright 39 having a forkedcentral part forming a slot 401 In this slot 4O a pin is'vertically travel longitudinal ingwhich connects the forked end of a lea ver 42 connected by a knuckle joint 43 to a bar 44 securedwith its forked end to two fender strips 45 parallel to strips 23.

A. bracket 46 is attached to the lower face of bar 44 and to its lower end is pivotally se- I cured a rod or bar 47 ,thefree endof which is secured to bar 20.

To the lower side of the strip 45 connecting rods 48 are secured and attached thereto at the extreme outer ends of strip 45, springs 49 are secured serving as buffers working against the ground. Springs 50 are secured to the upper face ofbar 44 above strip 45. Crank arms 51 are secured to the extreme outer ends of bar 29 and their free ends are formed into eyes 52 for the attachment of cables 53 by means of which the fendermay be operated from a brake or any other suitable part of an automobile for instance the hand Will release the cables so that frame 18 and the T-bar 16 connected therewith will drop under their own Weight so that the rear part of the, frame, formed by strips will execute a, downward motion in which the pin .41 will, participate, so that lever and the latteref which is fastened to the front part of the fender formed by strips e5, will turnthesame aroundp ct point a6v into the Pasties-sh s n e 6. If it e r to, fold the fender h against the fro: Y partof the ca crank 51 is operated to t .ame, 18, and therewith uprights, 39, and; to operate arms 21, and, l? saw e11 as, arms lQ and {1:41 to, fold the outer part of, the fender with its lower face against the lower face of the inner part which is carried against frame 17,18.v If the cable is now fastened in any convenient manner to suitable part of the car,.the fender Willhe kept folded and ready for anew operation.

What We claim as, new and. desire to secure by Letters Patent, of the United States 1. In; a device of the character described e iZ 1 ta l e a cran e Fa ne s shaft, a frame;, means for raising said frame, a bell crank...lever,,,a birpartiteffolding plat.- form,.one arm of said bell crank lever carrymg; the rear part of Eu/id platform, and a link connecting the other arm of said, bell crankleyer to said shaft, the front part of said platform hingedly connected to the rear part. to fold, both with their undersides to engage each other, and means for releasi-ng said frame, raising means, for allowing a dropping of said frame under its own. Weight to] extend the parts of the fender.

2. In a fender of the class described a pai of movable T-bars, means for normally holding said Trbars in their raised position, a vertical frame. carried by said Tr-bars, guide-s for said T-bars, a pair of longitudinally slotted uprights resting upon the lower L- shaped bar of said frame, pins reciprocating in the slots of said uprights, a bi-partitc fender frame, hinge connections between both frames for allowing; a folding of the same against each other with their undersides in engagement, rods connected to the upper face of the outer part of said fender frame, and linksconnected to said rods, having forked ends in which said pins are transversely held, said rods and pins allow ing an unfolding of said fender frame under the Weight the parts upon the release of said T-bar raising means.

3. In. a fender of the class described, a pair of verticallyn ovable T bars poets adapted to be secured to a car and g f I b said posts for guiding said F-bars, "a ver :11 frame secured to the front facesof said F- bars, operating rods secured with the lower ends to the lowermost L-bar of said vertical frame, bell crank levers secured: to said rods, an operating rod for said bell crank levers, a crank for operating said operating rod, means for hold'ingsaid T-bar andvertical frame in their raised position, a bipartite folding fender frame, bell crank levers guided around saidL-bar for supporting the" rear part of said folding frame, a pair of hinges attaching the frontpart of said fender frame to the rear part for allowing a foldin of these parts against each other with tieir lower in engagement, longitudinally slotted uprights on said L-barin front of said T bars, pins traveling in theslots of said up I rights, means connecting said pins with the upper face of the front pa-rt'of said fender frame, said fender frame adapted to unfold upon the lowering of said T-bars under their own Weight upon the release of said means holding the l bars normally in their raised position.

In testimony whereof We have affixed our gnatures;

PETER FEDURQW. JOSEPH KQR'PAN 

